Spring of Arda

Spring of Arda by Karen Wynn Fonstad from The Atlas of Middle-earth

The Spring of Arda was a time period before the Awakening of the Children of Ilúvatar toward the end of the Days before days. Its name refers to the first flourish, brought by the Valar, of natural life on Arda.

History

In this period before the Elves appeared, the Valar had ordered the world as they wished and rested upon Almaren (their first kingdom), and Melkor lurked beyond the Walls of Night. During this time, the Vala Yavanna planted the seeds that she had long prepared, and the first plants and forests started to grow. Animals and other beasts now appeared and began to thrive across the Earth. Entering a time of rest and leisure after their great labors, the Valar made a great feast and celebrated, and Tulkas married Nessa.

The Elder Days, by Bmosig

With Tulkas after this asleep, Melkor decided to return to Arda, and came and settled in the far north where the light of Illuin was dim. There he began delving the deeps of a great fortress, Utumno, and there made his plans to despoil the works of the Valar. He blighted and poisoned the earth causing living things to fall sick and rot. Knowing that it could only be the work of Melkor, they began to search for him but Melkor was already prepared and before they could find him, he struck destroying the two Lamps of the Valar.

The fall of the great pillars of the lamps threw the seas into chaos and set the center of the world ablaze, as great flames poured out from the fallen lamps. In this catastrophe the Valar were too occupied in restraining the tumults of the world to seek out Melkor. The Spring of Arda ended, with Almaren destroyed.

Shortly afterwards, the Valar removed to Aman far away, where they fenced themselves in and created the Two Trees of Valinor to light their home. This began a new era, the Years of the Trees.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Lente van Arda
Albanian	Pranvera e Arda
Alemannic German	Friehjohr Arda
Amharic	የአርዳ ፀደይ
Arabic	ربيع أرضا
Armenian	Գարնանը Արդա
Asturian	Primavera d'Arda
Azerbaijani	Ardanın Baharı
Basque	Ardako udaberrian
Belarusian Cyrillic	Вясна Арды
Bengali	আর্দা বসন্তে
Bosnian	Proljeće Arda
Breton	Nevezamzer Arda
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Пролетта на Арда
Burmese	အာဒါ၏နွေဦး
Cambodian	និទាឃរដូវនៃអាដា
Catalan	Primavera d'Arda
Cebuano	Tingpamulak sa Arda
Chinese	阿尔达的春天
Corsican	Primavera di Arda
Croatian	Proljeće Arda
Czech	Jaro z Ardy
Danish	Foråret af Arda
Dari	بهار اردا
Dutch	Voorjaar van Arda
Esperanto	Printempo de Arda
Estonian	Kevadel Arda
Faroese	Ardasvárið
Filipino	Tagsibol ng Arda
Finnish	Ardan kevät
French	Printemps d'Arda
Frisian	Maitiid fan Arda (Western)
Friulian	Vierte di Arda
Galician	Primavera de Arda
Georgian	საგაზაფხულო არდა
German	Frühling von Arda
Greek	Άνοιξη του Άρντα
Gujarati	આર્ડા વસંત
Haitian Creole	Prentan de Arda
Hawaiian	Kupulau o Arda
Hebrew	האביב של ארדה
Hindi	आर्द के वसंत
Hmong	Caij nplooj ntoos hlav ntawm Arda
Hungarian	Tavaszán Arda
Icelandic	Vorið af Arda
Indonesian	Musim semi Arda
Irish Gaelic	Earrach na Arda
Italian	Primavera di Arda
Japanese	アルダの春
Kannada	ಆರ್ಡಾದ ವಸಂತ
Kazakh	Арда Көктемі (Cyrillic) Arda Köktemi
Korean	아르다의 봄
Kurdish	Bihara Arda (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Арда жазы
Latin	Fons Arada
Latvian	Arda pavasara
Lithuanian	Arda pavasarį
Luxembourgish	Fréijoer vun Arda
Macedonian Cyrillic	Пролетта на Арда
Maltese	Rebbiegħa tal-Arda
Malagasy	Loharanon'i Arda
Malayalam	അർദയുടെ വസന്തം
Malaysian	Musim bunga Arda
Manx	Arragh Arda
Maori	Puna o Arda
Marathi	अर्दाचा वसंत
Mongolian Cyrillic	Ардагийн хавар
Nepalese	अर्दाको वसन्त
Norwegian	Våren av Arda
Occitan	Primièra d'Arda
Old English	Lencten Arda
Pashto	د پسرلي آردا
Persian	بهار آردا
Polish	Wiosna z Ardy
Portuguese	Primavera de Arda
Punjabi	ਆਰ੍ਦ ਦੀ ਬਸੰਤ
Querétaro Otomi	Nk'ants'i Arda
Romanian	Primăvară de Arda
Russian	Весна Арды
Samoan	O le tautotogo o le Arda
Sardinian	Beranu de Arda
Scottish Gaelic	Earrach de Àrda
Serbian	Пролеће Арда (Cyrillic) Proleće Arda (Latin)
Shona	Muchirimo Arda
Sicilian	Primavera di Arda
Sinhalese	ආර්ද වසන්තයේ
Slovak	Jar Ardy
Slovenian	Pomlad Arda
Somali	Guga Arda
Spanish	Primavera de Arda
Sudanese	Cinyusu tina Arda
Swahili	Majira ya kuchipua ya Arda
Swedish	Våren av Arda
Tajik Cyrillic	Бахори Арда
Tamil	அர்டாவின் வசந்தம்
Telugu	ఆర్ద వసంతకాలంలో
Thai	ฤดูใบไม้ผลิของอาร์ดา
Turkish	Arda'nın Baharı
Turkmen	Arda Bahary
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Весна Арди
Urdu	ارڈا کا بہار
Uzbek	Баҳорги Арда (Cyrillic) Bahorgi Arda (Latin)
Venetian	Primavera de Arda
Vietnamese	Mùa xuân của Arda
Welsh	Gwanwyn o Arda
Yiddish	ספּרינג פון אַרדאַ